1May 8, 886 He wanted to invent a drink, a drink that many people who need nutrition supplements like to drink. That day, he was stirring the prepared beverage, and found that it had refreshing, calming and headache relieving effects. He added syrup and water to this liquid, and then added ice cubes. He tasted it and it was delicious.
However, when pouring the second cup, the assistant accidentally added soda water (carbon dioxide+water), which tasted better this time. Frank M.Robinson, a partner, inspired the naming inspiration from two components of syrup, namely the leaves of Coca and the fruit of Kola. Robinson changed the K of Kola to C for uniformity, and then added it between the two words.
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1888, Asa Candler saw the market prospect of Coca-Cola, bought its shares and mastered all its production and sales rights. Candler began to sell the stock solution for making drinks to other pharmacies, and also began to advertise on billboards in railway stations and town squares. 190 1 year, and the advertising budget has reached 100,000 USD.
It is two American lawyers who really make Coca-Cola show its strength. They went to the office of Asa Candler, the boss of the Coca-Cola Company at that time, and put forward an innovative way of business cooperation, that is, the Coca-Cola Company sold them syrup, and the companies and sales points they invested in their own production mixed the syrup with water, bottled it, sold it, and produced it according to the requirements of the Coca-Cola Company with quality assurance. Candler sold the first assembly franchise of this beverage at the price of 1 USD in 1899.
The Coca-Cola Company allowed them to use the trademark of Coca-Cola to advertise. This special bottling system has since blossomed everywhere.
References:
Coca-cola Baidu encyclopedia